Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination: Furfuryl Alcohol From Thailand

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-549-812]

Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination: Furfuryl

Alcohol From Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward Easton or Greg Thompson, Office

of Antidumping Investigations, Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-

1777 or (202) 482-2336.

POSTPONEMENT OF FINAL DETERMINATION: On December 9, 1994, (19 FR 65014,

December 16, 1994), the Department of Commerce (the Department) issued

a negative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty

investigation of furfuryl alcohol from Thailand.

In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended, (the Act), on December 19, 1994, the petitioner in this

investigation, QO Chemicals Inc., requested that the Department

postpone its final determination in this investigation until 135 days

after the date of publication of the preliminary determination. Under

section 735(a)(2) of the Act and Sec. 353.20(b) of the Department's

regulations (19 CFR 353.20(b)) if, subsequent to a negative preliminary

determination, the Department receives a request for postponement of

the final determination from the petitioner, the Department will,

absent compelling reasons for denial, grant the request. Accordingly,

we are postponing our final determination in this investigation until

May 1, 1995.

Public Comment

In accordance with 19 CFR 353.38, case briefs or other written

comments in at least ten copies must now be submitted to the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration no later than March 28, 1995, and

rebuttal briefs, no later than March 30, 1995. A public hearing, if

requested, will be held on April 4, 1995 at 10:00 a.m. at the U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room 1014, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230. Parties should confirm by telephone the time,

date, and place of the hearing 48 hours before the scheduled time. This

notice is published pursuant to section 735(d) of the Act and 19 CFR

353.20(b)(2).

Dated: December 21, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-31965 Filed 12-27-94; 8:45 am]

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